Glossary
| Acronym | Explanation |
|---|---|
| ACBS | Academic Credit Bank System |
| ACDE | African Council for Distance Education |
| ACE | Advancement of College Education (Case of Japan and Korea) |
| ACE | Academic Commons for Education |
| ACE | Awards for OpenCourseWare Excellence |
| ACODE | Australasian Council on Open, Distance and e-Learning |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ACU | ASEAN Cyber University |
| ACU-OCW | ASEAN Cyber University-OpenCourseWare |
| ADDIE | Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation |
| ADMS | Academic Data Management System |
| AfSIS | African Soil Information Service |
| AHERO | African Higher Education Research Online |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| ANECA | National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain |
| ANU | Australian National University |
| ANU | Africa Nazarene University |
| AOASG | Australasian Open Access Strategy Group |
| API | Application Programming Interface |
| APQN | Asia Pacific Quality Network |
| AQF | Australian Quality Framework |
| AQU | Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency |
| ARC | Australian Research Council |
| ARCA | RSS Aggregator for the Academic Community |
| ARDC | Australian Research Data Commons |
| ARDEB | Research Support Program |
| AR4D | Agricultural Research for Development |
| ARROW | Australian Research Repositories Online to the World |
| ASARECA | Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa |
| ASCILITE | Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education |
| ASEAN | Association of South-East Asian Nations |
| ASSAF | Academy of Science of South Africa |
| ATEN | African Teacher Education OER Network |
| ATN | Australian Technology Network of Universities |
| ATSIDA | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Archive |
| AusGOAL | Australian Government Open Access and Licensing Framework |
| AVU | African Virtual University |
| BAP | Scientific Research Projects |
| BASE | Bielefeld Academic Search Engine |
| BC | British Columbia |
| BCIT | British Columbia Institute of Technology |
| BMBF | Federal Ministery of Education and Research |
| BNU | Beijing Normal University |
| BOU | Beijing Open University |
| BTK | Information Technology and Communications Authority |
| BW | Baden-Württemberg |
| CAP | Chinese Advanced Placement |
| CARL | Canadian Association of Research Libraries |
| CAUDIT | Council of Australasian University Directors of Information Technology |
| CAUL | Council of Australian University Librarians |
| CAULLT | Council of Australasian University Leaders in Learning and Teaching |
| CC | Creative Commons |
| CCK08 | Connectivism and Connective Knowledge |
| CDLRA | Canadian Digital Learning Research Association |
| CDO | Chief Digital Officer |
| CEDEC | National Centre of Curricular Development in non Proprietary Systems |
| CELTSC | Chinese E-Learning Technology Standardization Committee |
| CENT | Centre of Education and New Technologies |
| CEOE | Spanish Confederation of Corporate Organisations |
| CERNET | China Education and Research Network |
| CET | Centre for Educational Technology |
| CHE | Centre for Higher Education |
| CHE | Council on Higher Education |
| CHEA | Council for Higher Education Accreditation |
| CIC | Interuniversity Council of Catalonia |
| CIGI | Centre for International Governance Innovation |
| CILT | Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching |
| CiNii | Academic Information Circulation System |
| CIO | Chief Information Officer |
| CK | Creative Korea |
| CLO | Colleges Libraries Ontario |
| CMFS | China MOOCs for Foreign Studies |
| CMS | Content Management System |
| CMTN | Coast Mountain College |
| CNC | College of New Caledonia |
| CNIE | Canadian Network for Innovation in Education |
| COER | College of humanities‘ Research and Education |
| COHE | Council of Higher Education |
| CoL | Commonwealth of Learning |
| CoSTEP | Communication in Science and Technology Education & Research Program |
| CotR | College of the Rockies |
| CPC | Communist Party of China |
| CPD | Continuing Professional Development |
| CPEHE | Center for the Promotion of Excellence in Higher Education |
| CRDHE | The Center for Research and Development of Higher Education |
| CRUE | Conference of Vice-Chancellors of Spanish Universities |
| CSIR | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| CSUC | Consortium of Catalan University Services |
| CTL | Center for Teaching and Learning |
| CU | C University |
| CU+ | Career Up Plus |
| CUM | Chinese University MOOC |
| CUMCM | Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling |
| DBE | Department of Basic Education, South Africa |
| DET | Department of Education and Training, South Africa |
| DHET | Department of Higher Education and Training, South Africa |
| DH-NRW | Digital University North Rhine-Westphalia |
| DIIS | Department of Industry Innovation and Science |
| DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education |
| DIPIP | Data Informed Practice Improvement Project |
| DOAJ | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| DOAR | Directory of Open Access Repositories |
| DOE | Department of Education, China |
| DOT4D | Digital Online Textbooks for Development |
| DRIVER | Digital Repository Infrastructure Vision for European Research |
| DST | Department of Science and Technology, South Africa |
| DUCE | Dar es Salaam College of Education |
| DVC | Deputy Vice-Chancellors |
| EBA | Educational Informatics Network |
| ECTS | European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System |
| ECUAD | Emily Carr University of Art + Design |
| eCULT+ | eCompetence and Utilities for Learners and Teachers |
| EDMS | Electronic Document Management System |
| EDTSC | Educational Digitalization Technology Standard Committee |
| EHEA | European Higher Education Area |
| EKUAL | National Academic License for Electronic Resources |
| ELAN | E-Learning Academic Network |
| eLOR | eLearning Objects Repository |
| ENI | National Interoperability Framework of Spain |
| ENQA | European Quality Assurance Association in Higher Education |
| EOSC | European Open Science Cloud |
| EQA | Education Quality Assurance |
| ER | Educational Resources |
| ERIC | Education Resources Information Center |
| EUA | European Universities Association |
| F.A.I.R. | Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable |
| FARA | Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa |
| FECYT | Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology |
| FHSST | Free High School Science Texts |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GeRDI | Generic Research Data Infrastructure |
| GLOBE | Global Learning Object Brokered Exchange |
| HAW Hamburg | Hamburg University of Applied Sciences |
| HBZ | University Library Center of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia |
| HE | Higher Education |
| HEC | Higher Education Council |
| HEI | Higher Education Institution |
| HEQC | Higher Education Quality Council |
| HERDSA | Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia |
| HFD | Hochschulforum Digitalisierung |
| HOOU | Hamburg Open Online University |
| IA | Infrastructure Australia |
| IATI | International Aid Transparency Initiative |
| ICC | Information & Computer Center |
| ICT | Information and Communications Technology |
| ICTS | Information and Communication Technology Services |
| ICU | International Christian University, Japan |
| ID | Instructional Design |
| IDRC | Canadian International Development Research Centre |
| IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| iFLYTEK | Chinese information technology company |
| IIC | Information Initiative Center |
| INTEF | National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training, Spain |
| INQUAAHE | International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IP | Intellectual Property |
| IPR | Intellectual Property Rights |
| IR | Institutional Repository |
| IRDB | Institutional Repositories Database |
| IRRODL | International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning |
| ISA | Innovation and Science Australia |
| ISKME | Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education |
| IS&T | Information System and Technology |
| ITAC | Information Technology Association of Canada |
| ITC | Information Technology Center |
| IWM | Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien |
| JIBC | Justice Institute of British Columbia |
| JISC | Joint Information Systems Committee |
| JMOOC | Japan Massive Open Online Education Promotion Council |
| JOCW | Japan OpenCourseWare |
| JPCOAR | Japan Consortium for Open Access Repository |
| KCU Consortium | Korea Cyber University Consortium |
| KEM | Korea Education Metadata |
| KERIS | Korea Education and Research Information Service |
| KMK | Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs, Germany |
| K-MOOC | Korean Massive Open Online Course |
| KNUST | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| KOCW | Korea OpenCourseWare |
| KOCWC | Korean OpenCourseWare College |
| KPU | Kwantlen Polytechnic University |
| KREN | Korea Education Network |
| LCKC | Learning Cell Knowledge Community |
| LIFE | Libraries For Everyone |
| LINC+ | Leaders in INdustry-university Cooperation |
| LMS | Learning Management System |
| LOCKSS | Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe |
| LOM | Learning Object Metadata |
| LOR | Learning Object Repository |
| LRMI | Learning Resource Metadata Initiative |
| LTIP | Learning and Teaching Induction Program |
| LTSM | Learning and Teaching Support Materials |
| LTSC | Learning Technology Standards Committee |
| MDERC | Modern Distance Education Resources Committee |
| MDX | Teaching Materials in Net |
| MECD | Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, Spain |
| METU | Middle East Technical University |
| MOE | Ministry of Education, China |
| MoNE | Ministry of National Education, Turkey |
| MOOC | Massive Open Online Course |
| mOOC | micro Open Online Course |
| MOST | Mutual Online System for Teaching & Learning |
| NARS | National Agricultural Research Systems |
| NCI | National Computational Infrastructure |
| NERC | National E-learning Resources Center |
| NFDP | New Faculty Development Program, ICU |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organization |
| NHMRC | National Health and Medical Research Council |
| NIC | North Island College |
| NII | National Institute of Informatics |
| NILE | National Institute for Lifelong Education |
| NLC | Northern Lights College |
| NMMU | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University |
| NOOC | Nano Open Online Massive |
| NOUN | National Open University of Nigeria |
| NRC | National Reading Coalition |
| NRF | National Research Foundation |
| NRW | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| NVIT | Nicola Valley Institute of Technology |
| NZ | New Zealand |
| OAI | Open Archives Initiative |
| OAI-ORE | Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse and Exchange |
| OAI-PMH | Open Archives Initiative-Protocol for Metadata Harvesting |
| OAIS | Open Archival Information System |
| OCAV | Ontario Council of Academic Vice-Presidents |
| OCLS | Ontario Colleges Library Service |
| OCUL | Ontario Council of University Libraries |
| OCW | OpenCourseWare |
| ODL | Open and Distance Learning |
| ODLAA | Open & Distance Learning Australia |
| OEC | Center for Open Education |
| OEC | Open Education Consortium |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic, Co-operation and Development |
| OEP | Open Educational Practices |
| OER | Open Educational Resources |
| OJS | Open Journal Systems |
| OL | Open Learning |
| OLC | Online Learning Consortium |
| ON | Ontario |
| OOI | Ontario Online Institute |
| OPE | Operation Phakisa in Education |
| OpenDOAR | Directory of Open Access Repositories |
| OUC | Open University of China |
| OUJ | Open University Japan |
| ORC-ID | Open Researcher and Contributor ID |
| PD | Professional Development |
| PEQAB | Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board |
| PHEA | Partnership for Higher Education in Africa |
| PKU | Peking University |
| PSE | Postsecondary Education |
| PSET | Post-school Education and Training |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QTI | Question & Test Interoperability |
| Que | Queensland |
| QULOC | Queensland University Libraries Office of Cooperation |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| REBIUN | Network of Spanish University Libraries |
| RECOLECTA | Open Science Harvester, Spain |
| RISS | Research Information Sharing Service |
| RMIT | Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology |
| ROAR | Registry of Open Access Repositories |
| ROARMAP | Registry of Open Access Repositories Mandatory Archiving Policies |
| ROER4D | Research on Open Educational Resources for Development |
| ROIS | Research Organization of Information and Systems |
| RRU | Royal Roads University |
| RTVU | China Central Radio and Television University |
| RUBRIC | Regional Universities Building Research Infrastructure Collaboratively |
| RUC | Renmin University of China |
| RWTH | Rheinish-Westphalian Technical University |
| SA | South Australia |
| SABINET | South African Bibliographical and Information Network |
| SABIS | Sakarya University Information System |
| SAIDE | South African Institute of Distance Education |
| SAIIA | South African Institute of International Affairs |
| SAIVCET | South African Institute for Vocational and Continuing Education and Training |
| SALDRU | Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit |
| SANLIC | South African National Library and Information Consortium |
| SAUX | Sakarya University Extended |
| SCI | Science Citation Index |
| SciELO | Scientific Electronic Library Online |
| SCORM | Sharable Content Object Reference Model |
| SCOSS | Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services |
| SCUT | South China University of Technology |
| SFU | Simon Fraser University |
| SINET | Science Information NETwork |
| SNU | Seoul National University |
| SOS | Study of Success |
| SPARC | Smart Pavements Australia Research Collaboration |
| SPOCs | Small Private Online Courses |
| SSCI | Social Sciences Citation Index |
| STEM | Science Technology Engineering Mathematics |
| SWOT | Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats |
| SynLLOER | Synergies for Teaching and Learning through OER |
| TA | Teaching Assistant |
| TBD | Turkish Informatics Association |
| TDX | Doctoral Thesis in Net |
| TEL | Technology Enhanced Learning |
| TEQSA | Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency |
| TESSA | Teacher Education in Sub Saharan Africa |
| THE | Times Higher Education |
| THEQC | Turkish Higher Education Quality Council |
| TRU | Thompson Rivers University |
| TSMDERC | Technical Specifications for Modern Distance Education Resources Construction |
| TSSSCC | Technical Specifications for State-benchmarking Shared Courses Construction |
| TÜBİTAK | Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey |
| TUHH | Technical University of Hamburg |
| TUT | Tshwane University of Technology |
| TVET | Technical and Vocational Education and Training |
| UAB | Autonomous University of Barcelona |
| UADMK | National Open Courseware Consortium |
| UB | University Library |
| UB | University of Barcelona |
| UBC | University of British Columbia |
| UCM | Complutense University of Madrid |
| UC3M | University Carlos III of Madrid |
| UCT | University of Cape Town |
| UDE | University Duisburg Essen |
| UdG | University of Girona |
| UDIMA, private open university | Distance University of Madrid |
| UdL | University of Lleida |
| UFS | University of the Free State |
| UFV | University of the Fraser Valley |
| UG | University of Ghana |
| UH | University H, Japan |
| UIB | University of the Balearic Islands |
| UJ | University of Johannesburg |
| UJS | Turkish Academic Network and Information Center Journal Systems |
| UKZN | University of Kwazulu Natal |
| ULAKBIM | Turkish Academic Network and Information Center |
| UNBC | University of Northern British Columbia |
| UNED | National University of Distance Education |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNIA | University of Seville |
| UNIR | International University of La Rioja |
| Unisa | University of South Africa |
| UNED | National Distance Education University |
| UOC | Open University of Catalonia |
| UOW | University of Wollongong |
| UP | University of Pretoria |
| UPC | Polytechnic University of Catalonia |
| UPF | Pompeu Fabra University |
| UPM | Polytechnic University of Madrid |
| UPV | Polytechnic University of Valencia |
| URV | University of Rovira i Virgili |
| USAf | Universities South Africa |
| USQ | University of Southern Queensland |
| UTAS | University of Tasmania |
| UTEID | Unit for Educational Technology and Innovative Teaching |
| UTokyo | University of Tokyo |
| UTS | University of Technology Sydney |
| UVic | University of Victoria |
| UVic | University of Vic |
| UWC | University of Western Cape |
| UZEMs | Distance Education Centers |
| VCC | Vancouver Community College |
| VET | Vocational Education and Training |
| VHB | Virtual University Bavaria |
| Vic | Victoria, Canada |
| VIU | Vancouver Island University |
| VUT | Vaal University of Technology |
| WA | Western Australia |
| WOS | Web of Science |
| XCITR | eXplore Chemical Information Teaching Resources |
| ZIM | Learning Technologies Division of the Centre for Media and Information Services |
| ZOERR | The Central OER Repository of the Universities of the State of Baden-Württemberg |
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